Musk and Zuck: Can They Have It All?
Meta makes a deal to keep Zuckerberg happy as Musk eyes a power-consolidating merger.
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Your Car Has a Feature Republicans Can’t Afford to Lose
The war for the radio waves has been won by the army that absolutely leans right.
How Much Could One Banana Cost? A Lot More!
Despite skyrocketing inflation and a complex supply chain, cheap bananas remain an American staple.
Netflix and Disney Are Scrambling to Survive
A Trump-connected media empire is turning Hollywood upside down.
Money Talks: A Cautionary Tale of Debt in Puerto Rico
David Skeel details his time helping restore financial stability to the island and why governments of all sizes should take heed.
The Trump administration moves to treat millions of mentally ill veterans with psychedelics
No regulator has found the drugs safe or effective, but a VA official says as many as 2.1 million ex-service members could find them helpful.
Exit of RFK Jr. ally widens rift in GOP tent
Calley Means’ departure is the latest sign that Kennedy’s supporters are unhappy with how the White House is treating them.
Biotech investment is the new front in the U.S.-China trade fight
The Treasury Department’s proposed restrictions on U.S. investment in Chinese biopharma collide with Beijing’s new export curbs on cutting edge biotech innovations.
Medicaid cuts haunt Republicans in battleground states
Democrats’ confidence in their health care message is showing up on the airwaves and the debate stage.
RFK Jr. and his allies are standing by Russell Brand as the comedian’s rape trial begins
Tony Lyons, who leads the Make America Healthy Again movement the health secretary started, was in the London courthouse for jury selection.
When Church Was a Queer Space
Outward’s hosts sit down with the host and co-creator of When We All Get to Heaven.
Remembering, with the People of MCC San Francisco, AIDS Still Isn’t Over.
The neighborhood changes, the church moves, people forget and remember “the AIDS years,” but AIDS isn’t over.
What Happens When You Organize Church Around AIDS – and AIDS Changes?
The AIDS cocktail opens new possibilities. And MCC San Francisco tries to use the experience of AIDS to make bigger social change.
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose.
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it.
A Church Romance Between a Hula Dancer and a Lumbersexual Blossoms in a Dangerous Time.
The church’s “it couple” faces AIDS, caregiving, and loss as part of a pair, part of families, and part of a community.
Australian treasurer says opponents want higher inflation for political gain
In a Canberra Playbook Podcast interview Jim Chalmers accused Liberals of wanting Australians to suffer, as their path back to power.
Rising bond yields will add billions to budget pressure: Australian treasurer
Jim Chalmers warns global pressures mean more domestic pain.
Sen. Kennedy rails against AI developers as ‘high IQ stupid people’
The Louisiana Republican’s comments come as both Democrats and Republicans have been forced to find ways to address the backlash against data centers.
“Dying in Detention”: Al Jazeera Investigates Immigrant Deaths in California’s Adelanto ICE Jail
At least 59 people have died in ICE custody since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, the highest number in more than a decade. Many deaths have been linked to medical neglect, including four of five recent deaths at California’s Adelanto Processing Center, according to a 2026 report by the state attorney general.
How the Campaign War Chests Are Being Spent
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In the weeks heading into next week’s midterm election, President Trump has been crisscrossing the country trying to gin up enthusiasm among his base at rallies—where he’s gone on Islamophobic rants and inexplicably praised a candidate’s backside.
Islamophobia Is Trump’s Closing Midterm Gambit
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They say that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, but President Trump and his allies have found a new low: open bigotry against Muslims.
Yes, We Have No Bananas
Maybe you’ve seen the ad: A man and a woman are loading a shopping cart. The woman tells the man he must return a carton of eggs. “We have to set that $7 aside for killing Palestinians.”
The woman explains that grocery prices are rising because the United States gives so much aid to Israel. “It’s costing us a lot of money to drop bombs on Gaza,” the woman explains. “Don’t they get universal health care too?” the man asks.
How Long Until the Internet Breaks?
On Wednesday, July 18, 2001, a freight train derailed in Baltimore’s Howard Street Tunnel. Flammable liquid ignited, causing a fire that raised the temperature in the tunnel to 1,000 to 1,500 degrees. “We’re told some of the boxcars are actually glowing,” a fire-department spokesperson told the Associated Press. More than 100 firefighters were called to fight the blaze.
The National Transportation Safety Board investigated the fire but never figured out what went wrong.
Red States Are Dumbing Down College Admissions
Updated at 2:27 p.m. ET on October 26, 2026
Nothing makes me more nauseated than a row of multiple-choice questions and empty bubbles. After I turned 18, I thought I’d never encounter that feeling again, outside of stress dreams about forgetting my No. 2 pencils.
Will Ousting Netanyahu Change Anything for Palestinians? Diana Buttu on Upcoming Israeli Elections
Israeli parliamentary elections are being held on Tuesday, the first since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack and Israel’s subsequent assault on Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently embroiled in a corruption scandal in Israel, is up for reelection. On Friday, after two Israeli soldiers were killed at a checkpoint near Hebron, just days before Israeli polls are set to open, Netanyahu announced heavy restrictions on the movement of Palestinians out of the West Bank.
Serbia’s Student-Led Movement Ousts Strongman Aleksander Vučić in Shock Election Result
Serbia’s longtime leader Aleksander Vučić has been swept out of power by a historic student-led opposition movement against Vučić’s right-wing Serbian Progressive Party. Candidates from the Student List, who are not students themselves but largely first-time politicians selected by student-led popular assemblies, won a majority of seats in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, marking a seismic shift in Serbian politics.
Brazil: Lula Wins Stunning Upset Over Flávio Bolsonaro in Blow to Far Right & Trump
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a record fourth term in office, defeating far-right challenger Flávio Bolsonaro by 4 million votes in a runoff election on Sunday. Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who remains under house arrest for plotting a coup against Lula four years ago. The younger Bolsonaro, who narrowly defeated Lula in the first round of voting earlier this month, is now refusing to concede.
Musk and Zuck: Can They Have It All?
Meta makes a deal to keep Zuckerberg happy as Musk eyes a power-consolidating merger.
Your Car Has a Feature Republicans Can’t Afford to Lose
The war for the radio waves has been won by the army that absolutely leans right.
How Much Could One Banana Cost? A Lot More!
Despite skyrocketing inflation and a complex supply chain, cheap bananas remain an American staple.